Toward a Unified Theory of Cartoon Relativity
Can we determine the scientific laws by which the cartoon world operates?
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Physics on Overthinking It
Iron Man and the Island of Stability
Tony Stark found the Holy Grail of nuclear physics and nobody noticed
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7 Serious Lessons from Will Ferrell Movies
Everything Must Go is a very serious Will Ferrell Movie. But then again, all Will Ferrell movies are very serious Will Ferrell movies.
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Episode 166: Buffering… Buffering… Buffering…
The Overthinkers tackle what’s wrong with movies.
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Newtonian Inconsistencies in Lena’s “Satellite”
Guest writer Mark Laughter examines this year’s Eurovision winner and its disrespect for basic physics.
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The Anthropic Principal
The World must have evolved such that a Boy might Meet it.
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The Science of Back To The Future [BTTF Week]
A delightful romp through the worlds of time travel debunking, high school geometry, and the Metric System.
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How Time Travel Works (and doesn’t) in Back To The Future [BTTF Week]
Three movies, four theories of time travel.